8/27/10

LICK THE STAR

Lick the Star is a 14 minute long black & white 16mm film. It was the first film written and directed by Sofia Coppola.The plot revolves around a clique of four girls who devise a plan to weaken the boys at their school with arsenic. The plan is to slowly poison the boys through their lunches, inspired by the "queen bee" Chloe’s obsession with the novel "Flowers in the attic". As the plan progresses, a minor conversation discussing how important slavery was starts a gossip ring that leads to Chloe's eventual downfall.